Flying has fascinated humans since they could perceive, what birds,
bats and insects are doing. With the entering of the technical age also
the possibility of human flying by technical means arised. Despite nowadays
being routine for millions of passengers every year, a hobby for gliders
and motor plane pilots, balloonists and so on as well as a job for civilian
and military pilots, it has not lost it's fascination at all, nor
the fascination by the flying vehicles has decreased. This topic holds
therefore also an area in the Internet. And one final remark: as every
invention of not very single usage possibilities, planes are also abused
in a destructive manner. But as long mass murderers like Saddam Hussein
or Slobodan Milosevic have power - and this will be the case for a long
time to come - the construction and use of military aircraft is unavoidable.

This is a major site, which offers the following: a specialized search
engine, links and many categories of aviation. This is therefore a good
overview, but as ever the links are difficult to maintain, so take there
advice to mail them any occuring link failure. Multiple ways of navigation
in the site are available.

Even for selling/buying and with in-build search function too this other
major site, a partner of above aeroseek search engine, gives you another
general entry to the topic. Also lots of related topic like weather and jobs
are treated within.

There a good overview of the modern US military planes is presented,
which are difficult to detect with infrared as well with radar technologies
and/or difficult to hit by usual weapon systems. The most intrigueing is
the Aurora project; the existence of it is some type of certainty, despite
the secret project is denied officially as usual - spy planes are the last,
whose existence is early announced publicly.

The most actual informations about the testing and further developing
of the prototypes of the most advanced fighter plane in the world can be
read at this site. It's the first real 21. century plane, because it will
not be ready for duty in the USAF before 2004 and it's the first figther
with the ability, to cruise without afterburning with supersonic speed.Remark: meanwhile that site has sadly enough become a good example for heavy
JavaScript abuse - you see nothing without JavaScript enabled, not even a
message, and the presentation is now much worse then before (too litte window...) Current remark: I have changed again the above URL, supposedly you don't
need longer the invasive JavaScript to be activated.

Another site with a selection of military planes, it takes the sight
of the UK, or more specific of the RAF and Royal Navy. For example the
two competing entries for the Joint Strike Fighter are presented. The decision,
who gets the order to deliver them to the USAF, USN, USMC and RN, has still
to come.

This is the homepage of the flight demonstration squadron of the supposedly
best military pilots of the world from the United States Navy and the United
States Marine Corps. They are used to fly from and land on aircraft carriers
and to perform real combat all over the world in nearly every conflict
in which the USA gets involved. There are informations, several images
and animations of their high-skilled performances available.

Because it's impossible to separate naval planes like F-14 Tomcat or
F-18 Hornet from their swimming bases, the aircraft carriers, these links
provide information about both. As already mentioned above, these forces
belong to the most important, if military power has to be projected by
the USA in remote parts of the world.

To balance all this military stuff, here is the homepage of the passenger
jets, I clearly like mostly. With a modern concept, modular construction
and advanced avionics Airbus eats up step by step the advantage of Boeing
in terms of selled planes and market percentage. Recently Airbus has overtaken
Boeing even in the number of orders! Remember, that there are
virtually no other competitors today in the market of medium and big passenger
aircraft. Of these planes I like most the newest one already flown by airlines,
the A340. Even an intercontinental trip (nonstop) from Paris to San Francisco
with it was a pleasure - despite it's duration of 11 hours (real time consumption,
the time zone difference of nine hours can irritate anyway). The homepage
uses frames. Current remark: sadly enough the common JavaScript abuse
has now also taken place at this site! One frame is empty with secure deactivated
configuration. But I'm sure, you can trust them.

There you can witness the efforts of the originator of the past giant
airships to create new ones improved against the former models, whose area
ended tragically about 50 years ago due to a major accident caused by the
dangerous Hydrogen gas, which carried them. The new airships named NT (New
Technology) Zeppelins are a mixture of the former ones and the since them
exclusively used blimps: they have only few firm elements for appending
engines, tail unit and cabin and combine therefore the advantages
of low weight and a firm construction without taking into account the disadvantages
of lacking one of them. This is primarily required, bccause the for safety
reasons necessary Helium gas has the double "molecular" weight compared
with the formerly used Hydrogen gas, which is a clear weight disadvantage.
Also the engine and propeller constructions are improved for better maneuverability.
One further advantage of this concept is, that size sets again no direct
limit, for the balloon-like blimps have mechanical problems, which inhibit
enlargement of them. Hint: now massive frame and script usage may cause
trouble visiting the site...